hautechild you are right about the waist... it's a shame that's the smallest size they make is not very fitting... I absolutely love the colour and the fabric but I think I would have to take it to re-do it for a proper fitting a.k.a. prob not worth it...

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and edie, definitely keep those zara jeans.. they look great on you!
i agree with the others on the skirt...
if the waist doesn't fit quite right then you'll get frustrated when trying to style it because it will always be a bit off...
i have the same thing going on with a couple pleated maxi skirts i bought. They were inexpensive and i bought them in the smallest size they had but the waist is just too big and doesn't fall in the right spot unless i roll it, which looks terrible.

KemAlnagdy & ChrissyM thanks!
Actually the jeans are also from Mango too (although there're a very similar ones in Zara?). And, yep, Chrissy that waist unfortunately is not gonna get better... shame they didn't make a better fitting. If I kept it it'd prob spent more time in the wardrobe while me trying to look at it like it got a smaller waist... and yep, I tried the rolling into & it didn't work as a solution... so yep, return it will be the right thing... sigh ha ha

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it slipped my mind that ae was american eagle (and some people might know that to begin with) so it's best to always just credit the website where you found the image. americaneagle.com or ae.com or whatever it is.